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Suluk 46 Buck & Snow Saws
Bslow
5
Oct 14, 2018
I bought my suluk 46 buck saw last November. After owning it for a season in northwest Montana I feel compelled to comment on the saw. I purchased the saw to replace a fiskars hatchet that I keep in my pack. With two objectives in mind, safety and a substantial weight savings. The safety goal sounds ridiculous, I have been around spinning blades an sharp hand tools my whole life and never given much thought about using a hatchet. It wasn't until I had a close call some twenty miles back in the beartooth wilderness on a cold wet tired evening I was gathering wood for the fire (just small limbs on a blowdown spruce) I took a good swing that was deflected by a limb and missed burying my shaving sharp lil hatchet in my right knee cap. That got me thinking about a better way. The "good" it is lightweight. The not so good, the blade protector the saw ships with did little to keep me from being nervous about the suluk developing an appetite for my ultralight tent and down sleeping bag so some reinforcing by means of Velcro packing straps was required. If you have ever used a quality handsaw or a bow saw of any kind to sever wooden fibers you will soon realize it takes a lil bit of getting a feel for it, not rocket surgery by any means. The suluk is difficult to get started into a cut as the blade tensioner lacks any means of supporting blade in a vertical orientation, the blade wants to roll as you initiate the cut. Next if you are fortunate enough to get it started in the cut it lacks the spine or torsional rigidity to actually put some good down pressure and make progress in the cutting activity. I went back to carrying my hatchet. In the future I will cast my vote with my dollar bills by purchasing a quality folding arborist pruning saw. Hope this keeps someone else from being disappointed .
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